S5 7AE Sheffield
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Burngreave. Region: Yorkshire and The Humber.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Sheffield in 2026-27: Band D £2,510 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,673 | £1,952 | £2,231 | £2,510 | £3,068 | £3,626 | £4,184 | £5,020 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (81% of about 780 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 511 - 513 Barnsley Road Sheffield S5 7AB, permissioned (30 m)
- Earl Marshall, permissioned (110 m)
- 10 Owler Lane Sheffield S4 8GA, permissioned (160 m)
- 570 Barnsley Road Sheffield S5 6UA, permissioned (260 m)
- Land Adjacent to 130 Owler Lane, not permissioned (330 m)
- 97 Page Hall Road Sheffield S4 8GU, permissioned (500 m)
- Site Of Norbury 2 Crabtree Road Sheffield S5 7BB, permissioned (500 m)
- Land adjoining 434-652 Grimesthorpe Road, permissioned (600 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 22 addresses are between 59 m and 62 m above sea level (60 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 88%, gigabit 88% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Meadowhall 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km |
| Sheffield 10 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km | |
| Darnall 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 55 within 800 m; nearest Barnsley Road/Coningsby Road Fir Vale | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Meadowhall Interchange/D1 | 2.8 km |
| Car parks | Car Park on Stanley Street, S3 | 2.2 km |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest InstaVolt Charging Station | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Leeds Bradford Airport LBA | 52.9 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Page Hall Medical Centre | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 8 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Fir Vale Pharmacy | 360 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Petrie Tucker & Partners LTD | 60 m |
| Hospital | Northern General Hospital | 400 m |
| Police station | South Yorkshire And Humberside Police | 1.7 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest Eastern Takeaway & Sweet Center Cashzone | 460 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Crabtree Ponds 1.4 ha | 350 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Firth Park 15 ha | 680 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,280 m² | 380 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,770 m² | 1.2 km |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Grimesthorpe Allotments 3.8 ha | 570 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 17 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Burngreave Cemetery, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 1.0 km south-west. 15 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Burngreave Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.0 km south-west |
| Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km north-east |
| Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Little Roe Wood | Wood | 740 m west |
| Hinde Common Wood | Wood | 780 m north-east |
| Wood Hill | Hill | 810 m south-east |
| Roe Wood | Wood | 910 m west |
| Moonshine Tank | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km north-west |
| Corker Bottoms | Valley | 3.7 km south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 13.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 7 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 9 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 22 |
22 of the postcode's 22 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 30 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 27% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 1% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 56% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 0% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 18% | 17% |
| Private rented | 26% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | under 1% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 13% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 65% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.